AUGUSTINE GOBLER (RUSSIAN 19TH CENTURY) AND CATERINA CANETTI (20TH CENTURY), A LADY AT HER DESK

AUGUSTINE GOBLER (RUSSIAN 19TH CENTURY) AND CATERINA CANETTI (20TH CENTURY)
PORTRAIT OF A LADY AT HER DESK
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated '1824' (lower right)
114 x 88cm (44¾ x 34½ in.)

Provenance:
Sale, Daguerre, Paris, Chine - Livres - Dessins & Tableaux Anciens - Céramique - Argenterie - Mobilier & Objets d'Art - Tapisseries & Tapis, where purchased by Count Manfredi della Gherardesca, 10 November 2016, lot 119

The later addition of a conical nose to the sitter by Canetti was applied after the 2016 sale.

Caterina Canetti is a florentine base picture restorer who Count Manfredi approached to embellish the following historical portraits to comical effect. See also lots 314,315 and 346

Condition Report:
The canvas presents a subtle craquelure scattered across the whole surface and an uneven varnish. UV light reveals various retouches, most evidently on the upper left corner, next to the right shoulder, where a 15 cm long restoration covers what seems to be an old tear; a similar vertical restoration of about 10cm is also present next to the left border. A crossed restoration, of about 8cm wide is also present on the left of the sitter's head. A few but minor retouches are also present in the background area. Condition Report Disclaimer